Statue of Samuel Crompton is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1974. Statue.

Statue of Samuel Crompton

WRENN ID
night-solder-laurel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bolton
Constituency
Bolton South and Walkden MP: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1974
Type
Statue
Address
Statue of Samuel Crompton, Nelson Square, BL1 1JT
OS grid reference
SD 718 091
Coordinates
53.57779, -2.42658
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Statue of Samuel Crompton, located in Nelson Square, Bolton, was created in 1862 by sculptor William Calder Marshall. It features a bronze figure of Samuel Crompton, who lived from 1753 to 1827, seated on a polished granite plinth. The plinth includes inscriptions and low relief bronze panels that depict Crompton's home, Hall i' th' Wood, and the Spinning Mule. The statue was funded by public subscription at the time of its erection.

Local climate

Statue of Samuel Crompton sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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